Originally Posted by
bluedevil
First of all, you clearly want G gone so that Duke can cut its losses and compared womens basketball to golf and cross country in terms of whether fans should care, so you have no credibility or support for your position among any real Duke fans. Duke has lost a lot of applicants already because of the lacrosse scandal and the whole nation thinks Durham is a hellhole where Duke students get persecuted by a hostile DA and corrupt police. Hell, people already had a very low opinion of Durham as a terrible, violent and boring college town even before the lacrosse scandal. Championship hoops is the only reason top students choose Duke despite the hellhole Durham. Duke athletics made more than $700,000 even with football losing $2 million/yr, so Duke could easily match Texas' salary or pay G $1 million/yr and still make a profit on athletics, which many/most NCAA schools don't do. Duke makes hundreds of millions in donations per year because of championship caliber hoops, televised basketball is the only way alums or fans stay connected to Duke, do the math.
Where did Duke find $25 million for a football only recruiting lounge that has only made the program and even recruiting worse? Every penny of that $25 million was wasted since Duke insists on the worst and cheapest football coach in the ACC by far, and insists on slapping the national coach of the year G in the face with even less money and worse contract. Duke has tons of money to throw around and zero logical reasons not to do it even for just purely financial reasons not to mention the priceless joy of having a #1 pristine sports program on TV 15 times a season and getting better. The question is does anyone want G gone because she's too successful?
Revenues
Men's Teams Women's Teams Total
Basketball $12,199,195 $646,937 $12,846,132
Football $8,381,452 $8,381,452
Total Revenues of all Sports, except football and basketball, combined $331,527 $197,897 $529,424
Total Revenues $20,912,174 $844,834 $21,757,008
Not allocated by gender/sport $28,749,477
Grand Total $50,506,485
Expenses
Men's Teams Women's Teams Total
Basketball $8,133,188 $2,817,662 $10,950,850
Football $10,052,697 $10,052,697
Total Expenses of all Sports, except football and basketball, combined $4,187,035 $6,893,247 $11,080,282
Total Expenses $22,372,920 $9,710,909 $32,083,829
Not allocated by gender $17,718,217
Grand Total Expenses $49,802,046